Where does Airbus Operation GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Airbus Operation GMBH ranks #38,658 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Airbus Operation GMBH hold?

Airbus Operation GMBH holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2022, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Airbus Operation GMBH's Innovation Score?

Airbus Operation GMBH has an Innovation Score of 28.3 out of 100 (27th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Airbus Operation GMBH focus on?

Airbus Operation GMBH's top technology area is B64C (AEROPLANES; Helicopters) with 4 patents, ranking #228 of 592 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

Is Airbus Operation GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Airbus Operation GMBH's recent grant velocity is +0% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Airbus Operation GMBH's patents?

Airbus Operation GMBH's patents average 11.0 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the Airbus Operation GMBH patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Airbus Operation GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2022. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: B64C (AEROPLANES; Helicopters).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Airbus ranks #38,658 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 13 technology areas.

#38,658
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 27th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.3/100): 11.0
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R38658 · Foreign Corporation #38,658 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #38,658/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Aigi Environmental
CPC-FOCUS B64C · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.3/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Aigi Environmental Inc. (±0 grants)

Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.

How Airbus’s 28.3 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 6.7 pts (24%) Velocity 2.2 pts (8%) Breadth 12.7 pts (45%) Claim depth 6.6 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Airbus Operation · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Airbus's Innovation Score is 28.3/100 (27th percentile of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Airbus?

Each dot is one of Airbus’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). Airbus’s own 11.0 claims/patent is at or below the 11.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

Airbus vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Airbus's grants concentrate

Airbus Operation GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under B64C (AEROPLANES; Helicopters). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Airbus sits between Aigi Environmental Inc. and Aitico OY.

Airbus's three-year grant acceleration

Airbus Operation GMBH shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Aigi Environmental

6
Aimlock

6
AIR IP Holdings

6
Airbus Engineerin…

6
Airs Medical

6
Airviz

6
Aisti Science

6
Aitico OY

6
Airbus Operation ◀

6

What this shows Airbus holds 6 patents at rank #38,588, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Airbus

By rank, the assignees closest to #38,588 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B64C (Aeroplanes)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Airbus's primary technology class.

Airbus's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

28 27th percentile higher than 27% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Airbus Operation GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	2	33.3%
2019	1	16.7%
2020	2	33.3%
2022	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Airbus Operation GMBH patent most?

B64C - AEROPLANES; Helicopters 4

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 4

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 1

F25B - Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems 1

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 1

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

Top 13 of 13 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Airbus Operation GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Airbus Operation GMBH's lead technology class is B64C (AEROPLANES; Helicopters), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B64C
Ranked #38,658 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Airbus Operation GMBH against Aigi Environmental Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.3/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the USPTO PatentsView database. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

Compiled by PlainPatent , US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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